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BROWN    UNIVERSITY 
BROADSIDES 

*  BY 

GEORGE  PARKER  WINSHIP 

Librarian  of  the  John  Carter  Srown  Library 


Providence 
1913 


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Two  hundred  copies  reprinted  by 
The  Palmer  Press,  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  with  an  added  fac- 
simile, from  The  Brown  Alumni 
Monthly  for  May,  1913 


THE    UNIVERSITY    BROADSIDES 


At  Brown's  first  Commencement,  the 
audience,  "consisting  of  most  of  the 
principal  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  of  this 
Colony,  and  many  from  the  neighbour- 
ing Governments,"  were  provided  with 
the  equivalent  of  a  Programme  of  Exer- 
cises in  the  shape  of  a  full  sized  sheet 
of  paper  measuring  18  1-2  by  15  inches. 
The  XJrinted  matter  on  this  broadside  was 
prepared  in  the  style  at  that  time  com- 
monly used  by  Harvard  and  the  other 
American  colleges,  which  in  turn  had 
copied  the  usage  of  the  English  Cam- 
bridge, where  the  traditions  of  the  me- 
diaeval universities  still  survived.  At 
the  head  was  the  name  of  the  Chancel- 
lor of  the  College  in  the  largest  type, 
preceded  by  the  doubtless  well-deserved 
characterization  "Benevolentissimo  ac 
eximia  virtute,  doctrinaque  utilissima 
praedito,  Viro. "  Below  this  were  the 
names  of  the  faculty,  consisting  of  the 
President,  James  Manning,  and  a  single 
tutor,  David  Howell,  and  then  the  fa- 
mous seven  of  the  first  graduating  class, 
with  the  careful  note  revealing  the  demo- 
cratic tendencies  of  the  time  which  were 
doing  away  with  distinctions  of  birth 
and  official  position,  "N.  B.  Nomina  al- 
phabetice  disposita  sunt. ' '  Below  these, 
in  three  columns,  were  the  titles  of  sub- 
jects which  the  graduates  were  prepared 
to  discuss.  The  whole  was  a  product  of 
the  printing  press  of  Solomon  Southwick 
of  Newport. 

Southwick  was  the  printer  of  "The 
Newport  Mercury,"  which  contained  a 
very  satisfactory  report  of  the  first  grad- 


uating exercises.  This  report  was  re- 
printed on  a  small  broadside,  and  a  copy 
of  this  which  was  carefully  filed  away 
among  his  business  papers  by  the  elder 
Nicholas  Brown,  from  whom  it  has  de- 
scended to  the  John  Carter  Brown  Li- 
brary, is  the  only  one  now  known  to  be 
in  existence.  It  tells  how  the  seven 
"young  Gentlemen  commenced  Bachelors 
in  the  Arts,"  with  a  salutatory  oration 
in  Latin,  pronounced  with  much  Spirit, 
and  forensic  disputes  on  two  of  the  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  subjects  which 
were  listed  on  the  programme.  The  first 
of  these,  which  occupied  most  of  the 
morning,  was  happily  in  English,  on  the 
timely  subject,  "The  Americans,  in  their 
present  Circumstances,  cannot,  consistent 
with  good  Polic}',  affect  to  become  an 
independent  State."  This  was  followed 
by  an  oration  on  Benevolence,  in  which 
Mr.  Rogers  "particularly  noticed  how 
greatly  that  infant  Seminary  stands  in 
Need  of  the  salutary  Effects  of  that  truly 
christian  Virtue."  At  three  in  the  af- 
ternoon the  audience  again  convened  for 
a  syllogistic  dispute  on  the  Thesis,  listed 
as  number  8,  under  the  head  of  "Pneu- 
matologia,"  "Materia  cogitare  non  po- 
test." The  reporter  warily  records  that 
"the  principal  Arguments  on  both  Sides 
were  produced,  towards  settling  that  crit- 
ical Point."  After  the  distribution  of 
various  degrees,  which  included  the  hon- 
orary Degree  of  Masters  of  Arts,  "at 
their  own  Request,"  to  ten  worthy 
clergymen,  the  Valedictorian  "took  a 
most    affectionate    Leave    of   his    Class- 


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mates. — The  Scene  was  tender — The 
Subject  felt — and  the  Audience  affected. " 
Throughout,  we  are  told,  the  audience, 
"tho'  large  and  crouded,  behaved  with 
the  utmost  Decorum." 

The  College  Library  possesses  an 
incomplete  set  of  the  old  broadside 
"Theses"  which  were  issued  for  each 
Commencement    day,   from    the    first    in 

1769  until  1811.  After  this,  the  Com- 
mencement programmes  were  printed  in 
the  more  convenient  size  of  the  ordinary 
pamphlet. 

The   second  and   third  "Theses,"  for 

1770  and  1771,  have  at  the  bottom  the 
interesting  statement,  "Typis  Johannis 
Carter,  in  Papyrum  Providentiae  con- 
fectam."  The  first  paper  mill  in  Prov- 
idence had  been  established  five  years  be- 
fore this.  In  "A  Providence  Ga/ette 
Extraordinary,"  dated  August  24, 1765, 
William  Goddard  wrote  that  "a  large  and 
very  complete  paper  mill  is  just  fin- 
ished, about  a  Mile  and  an  Half  from 
this  Town,  and  in  a  few  Days  will  be  set 
to  work.  By  the  Fabric  of  Paper  here, 
a  vast  saving  will  accrue,  and  will  stop 
just  so  much  Mone}^  in  the  Country  as 
the  Quantity  made  will  amount  to." 
This  mill  was  located  at  01ne3^ville.  The 
statement  that  the  programme  was 
printed  on  paper  of  local  manufacture 
suggests  the  paragraph  in  the  report  of 
the  previous  Commencement  which  re- 
cords the  fact  that  "The  President  and 
all  the  Candidates  were  dressed  in  Amer- 
ican Manufactures, "  a  practice  still  fash- 
ionable with  the  families  of  Presidents  on 
Inauguration  Day. 

The  set  of  "Theses"  belonging  to  the 
College  is  complete  from  1769  to  1774, 
and  then  there  is  a  break  until  1786. 
During  this  war  time  interval,  classes  were 
graduated   in   1775,  1776  and  1777,   in 


1782  and  1783.  This  was  the  pe- 
riod when  the  "college  edifice,"  Univer- 
sity Hall,  was  occupied  as  barracks  and 
hospital  for  the  Continental  and  French 
soldiers  engaged  in  the  Revolutionary 
struggle.  The  college  exercises  contin- 
ued intermittently, in  temporary  quarters. 
It  is,  however,  probable  that  these  five 
Commencements  were  held  with  all  the 
usual  formalities,  including  the  distribu- 
tion of  the  printed  "Theses"  or  pro- 
grammes. Somewhere,  among  the  treas- 
ured papers  of  the  descendants  of  the 
graduates  and  students  of  those  years, 
there  must  be  copies  of  these  old  broad- 
sides, which  the  college  itself  does  not 
possess. 

Besides  the  five  "Theses"  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary years,  which  are  lacking  from 
the  College  collection,  there  are  five 
others,  for  1787,  1793,  1801,  1806  and 
1807,  of  which  no  copies  are  now  known 
to  exist.  Two  others,  for  1792  and 
1799,  have  been  badly  torn,  so  that 
parts  of  the  text  is  missing.  If  any 
alumnus  of  Brown  can  secure  these  for 
the  College  Library,  he  will  make  a 
contribution  of  considerable  interest, 
toward  completing  the  University  ar- 
chives. 

The  printed  "Theses"  contained  the 
titles  of  all  the  subjects,  in  every  branch 
of  learning,  upon  which  the  candidates 
for  the  Bachelor's  degree  were  supposed 
to  be  prepared  to  hold  opinions  which 
they  could  maintain  in  public  argument. 
The  regular  exercises,  in  the  earlier 
years,  consisted  largely  of  a  carefully 
prepared  debate  upon  one  or  two  of 
these  subjects.  This  gave  place  before 
long  to  exercises  more  in  the  modern 
style.  The  first  Commencement  for 
which  a  regular  printed  programme  has 
been  preserved  is  1799.    One  "Dispute" 


B««M»«MUM« 


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^^  Ac  eximia  vutjite,  doonnaque  ualuTima  prxdko^  Viro, 

STEPHANO  HOPKINS,  Armigero, 

Colkp    {i<)jiifc^  jnira    Colon*  fofula    JUKWSUEVJiS    FiiM.    CANCBLLARIOi 

Admodum  Revcrcndo  stque  ac  Honorando  J  A  C  O  B  O    M  4  N  N  I  N  G,     PndidL 

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Jkaifge.  omAin  defidnio  Scientae  jfflads,  ubicuocjnc  in  Terramm  orb%  um  BrcleruiuiaPj2Mihiu,  guim  iUipublicibeoi  loeriiu,  {iradpii4juftraO>IhgnPifcm3)as| 

THESES  ticfii  (Numaefi^)  Jmm^  ujtrtUmi  imlitli,  irfafai, 

fiSl      Jofephus  Be&oa  1      Gulielmus-  Rogers 

Mi      Joiephus  CatCHi  2      Richardus  Stites 

■|||Af  «  Nomina  iiph*cUx<ii5>ofin  tint.  J     Cardus  Thompfott 


Jacofius  MitchelVamutn 
Gulielmus  Williams 

Stmmt  Olfirvtittia,   DJ>J>JC^ 


CRAMUAtlCA. 


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6.  Foil  animi  miioncni  cum  rorpo:c,i' 


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r,  (ctOKia  M-  ■>  0.  SolillJ  in  ilviUia  Jl-cuoium  magrunxtun  iolan  aUcvantnr.  i  •-  K«»n>CTatio,  a  opera  citalutjc,  nihil  ptndet. 
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f.  6cu4ivnl  j:roppetaq^  pei^picniraui  et  dlgnitam,  ad  ccfnpo- 

£tioi;ii  rli^amiaoi,  mul(um  cooducii. 
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4.  Vox,  Ln  Irgrndo,  per  piinOa  non  Gt  moduUnda.  *  ;.  Vapocea  Iciiuks  per  igncaa  pankulaa  in  lora  cairiau  liuit. 

5.  Suioma  pcffi-^io  anil  oriloricT  ex  omnibus  pilTKVublls  JT^  4  Animen, 

i-xitrinienJit,  mJU'incpcndct  hj^Q, 

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7.  Scvdiuin  natuo:  an  acuunrnJun  ]u.ic  aiTan>  valde  ncccQari- 

umelt 

5.  /)f>  rhctodca,  niii  pfr  vwxm  vivain.  acciiraw:  -doccri  I 

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J.  loideannnruceemoncnul!-,,  in.-eoalton  inter  jdearare-JiJ.  Su«»  in  nTum  n^iut.  noo  dat«.  ;?  t-  h<ert»num  fc  TOhim,  Tux  nanir.  nas  diflii^SUcie  docct. 

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8.  Omnia  arginnenta  ad  primflOi  Sffliram  irduci  po0io&   Erffi,  J  ^       pon-ft.  T         . ,  -    / non  potefL 

o.  Afc  6ri^  neeeJTani  |«»i  fuot  J  ,0.  Sol  minin  agatu  in  linia  ecripSca  irvol%Tna,  quam  fi  ui  li- J  "O.  Afticano*  in  (aviton.™  perpetuam  mluceitiiec  juridi«inOk 

la  MitacuU  extitilTc  ex  lwmanote«im!»ioo.Tti  fieri  po(Iumin.»  nea  »jufor.a  (empcr  movufrt,  terot  pnbrt.  J  nc^ue  buoiano  coneniit. 

1 1.  Pauca  uinum  fynihetjca  mnhoilo  probanda  funt.  ♦  1 1    Uuaquiquc  pjaneo  centntm  Cbi  loUim  pijprium  circum-  .<>. 

, ! '  T  rolvit  ^ 

1  «ccctcratur. 


la  Corpora  m.ign.nKlini>m  inTequalimn  qu3r  in  medio  raoore  "  '°-  ^'^'<r«''  iJ"'""^-<^  implKa:. 

in  cquiUbrio  funt,  in  altero  Brjvitaii»  rpecifice  divcrf*  uu- t  "•  San^'<j;Mio  '«  conim.mKatio  cuniinua  graur  •  Spaku 
rua,u.eqml.l.nononmnan;biutt.  '^i  Sanfto,  nt  opera  rouwuin  ptaabluc  demantur. 

II.  Cotpori.  p«  varia  plana  conjunfta  defcoodenti,  m  aliq,io«  "•  Anpeli  beati,  per  eleflioa^  m  Chriftu,  confirau,,  fuemnu. 
pljlii  puJcH  eadem  velocitas  ron  eft,  ul,  eideiti  diJienaTn-  ♦  '3-  Animalia  pro  eibo.  Antediluvunii  nun  data  Merunc. 
Jem  perpendiculanrm  alt-.tudinem,  eilct.  J  — ^— ^^^— ^— ^— ^— ^— — — ^^— ^— — ^^_ 

■r«riIICA  e«  fcx-wuTtaaj^ 

addncena. 


MATHSSfS. 
■  ATHESIS   in  I 

mcnfuranJa  verfatui 


.  l.una  in  rcyoluoone  c 


Eigtv 


to  L  IT  t  A. 

I  puhlicaa  modera*)t\  verfafur. 


T      X^  *•  Omnii  pute(u%  leges  fumiand^  ct  pxnaa  faiflneiw 


a  in>l>uli\  derivatur.  Ergo, 

j,VAi«m»j.ur,wow'i^iiwdiVidi"iliel»,ficet  ibejuaj     '     afceiifcoa  m  arietr<<V,et  irioma  m  libra.  Ergo.         J  >  Soiatui  ptyulis  .L^'tigJliaimpeinendi.  qu,  in  djollnacu 

partibus  aliquotis  dividi  queat  J  »5-  Pnceffio  AqmnoAotum  m  cydo  lunan  »ananit.  J       _  rejKitaijntur,  jus  noo  eft. 


p  Dato  numero'in  riuas  panes  ignotnt  divifo»  djtfcT^tja  quo- 
que' data,  Cnffuli:  piitesTadltime  inveniancur. 

4.  Kullus  numerji  lie  dtvidi  porcft,  ut  uniui  parvi  qiijdratum  \ 

toti  in  altero  Jndu^n,  crii  atquile.  K.  11.   ty.        ^ 

5.  Quadratum  neGaiivum  in  rrrvni  natura  eflc  non  poeeft.  * 

6.  Omeibui  angtdis  triani^uli  iliifcelis  ignofis,  pmjionio  eri^  ut  ♦ 

jiimma  omnlu'n  bterum  ad  fummam  omnium  angukynun,  * 

iu  unum  lam.  ad  anuultm  oppofitum.  J  >•  Nullum 

7.  Vof  prcdicabilia  dc  aliquibui  ti^u.-is  guumejiicia  dcraonftn.  ^  j.  Deiu 


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was  still  retained,  between  four  members 
of  the  graduating  class,  on  the  question 
''Whether  Civil  Government  can  be 
maintained  without  an  Idea  of  future 
Rewards  or  Punishments?"  As  this, 
however,  was  only  one  of  ten  parts,  not 
counting  the  two  intermissions  for  Mu- 
sick,  scheduled  for  the  forenoon's  exer- 
cises, and  as  nine  more  were  to  follow  in 
the  afternoon,  the  four  disputants  can 
hardly  have  approached  their  task  with 
the  seriousness  of  thirty  years  earlier. 
Similar  programmes  must  have  been  is- 
sued for  other  years,  before  and  after 
1799,  but  the  only  other  ones  that  are 
now  in  the  possession  of  the  College  Li- 
brary are  for  the  commencements  of  1803 
and  1813.  The  programme  for  1799 
came  to  the  Library  with  the  Rider  Col- 
lection, which  was  presented  to  Brown 
by  Mr.  Marsden  J.  Perry,  in  190S. 

The  Alumni  Catalogue  first  appeared 
on  one  side  of  a  single  sheet,  measuring 
13  1-4  by  11  1-4  inches,  in  1775.  There 
were  then  forty-four  regular  graduates  in 
Arts,  and  sixty-seven  holders  of  honor- 
ary degrees.  The  next  issue  was  eleven 
years  later,  when  the  total  number  of 
names  had  risen  to  one  hundred  and  sixty - 
three,  but  the  increase  was  almost  en- 
tirely in  actual  graduates,  only  eleven 
honorary  degrees  having  been  allotted 
in  this  period.  In  1789,  two  hundred 
and  fifteen  names  could  still  be  accom- 
modated on  a  sheet  only  slightly  lai'ger 
than  the  first  catalogue.  In  1795,  the 
number  had  risen  to  three  hundred  and 
eighty,  and  a  sheet  of  the  largest  size, 
21  1-4  by  17  inches,  was  used. 

In  October,  1800,  it  was  thought  de- 
sirable, for  the  first  time  so  far  as  the 
college  archives  show,  to  print  the  Cata- 
logue of  the  names  of  the  undergrad- 
uates.     This  was  done  on  one  side  of  a 


large  sheet,  like  the  catalogue  of  gradu- 
ates, and  gives  the  names  of  seven  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty,  and  the  names,  with 
their  home  addresses,  of  twenty-two 
Seniors,  thirty  Juniors,  thirty-three 
Sophomores,  and  twenty-two  Freshmen. 
Of  the  undergraduates,  twenty-two  were 
registered  from  Rhode  Island,  four  from 
Connecticut,  one  from  New  York,  two 
from  Virginia  and  four  from  South  Car- 
olina. The  others  were  from  Massachu- 
setts. Similar  lists  were  probably  printed 
each  year,  but  the  only  ones  now  in  the 
College  Library  are  dated  April  1st, 
1805,  1806  and  1807,  with  a  second  is- 
sue for  1805,  dated  May  1st. 

The  L^niversity  is  indebted  to  Clarence 
S.  Brigham,  '99,  of  Worcester,  for  the 
only  copy  known  to  exist  of  a  broadside 
poster  announcing  a  course  of  what  would 
nowadays  be  called  "University  Exten- 
sion" Lectures.  These  were  ofifered  by 
the  Rev.  Peres  Fobes,  in  June,  1790,  and 
the  course  of  twehe  lectures  covered  the 
whole  range  of  natural  science  as  it  was 
then  popularly  understood.  Professor 
Fobes,  who  graduated  at  Harvard  in 
1762  and  became  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  Raynham  four  years 
later,  was  elected  Vice-President  of  Rhode 
Island  College  in  1786,  to  take  the  place 
of  President  Manning  while  the  latter 
was  absent  performing  his  duties  as  a 
member  of  Congress.  He  was  appointed 
Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy  the  same 
year,  and  continued  to  teach  at  the  col- 
lege until  1798,  continuing  at  the  same 
time  his  pastoral  duties  in  Raynham.  Af- 
ter President  Manning's  death  in  1791, 
he  was  again  acting-President  for  a  short 
time,  and,  doubtless  in  recognition  of 
this  service,  received  the  degree  of  LL.D. 
at  the  commencement  of  1792. 


THE    REVEREND 


PERES  F 


ProfefTor  of  Natural  and  Experimental  Philofophy, 
in  Rhode-Ifland  College,  propoles  to  exliibit 

A  COURSE  of  LECTURES  upon  NATURAL 
PHILOSOPHY  and  ASTRONOMY,  viz. 
Upon  the  Dodrine  of  Attraction,  in  which  will  be  explained 
the  firft  Principles  of  Agriculture  and  Botany  ;  upon  the  Me- 
chanical Powers  ;  Hydroftatics  and  Hydraulics  ;  Pneumatics  5 
Optics  ;  Aftronomy ;  Eleftricity  ;  Magnetifm,  and  a  Sketch 
of  Anatomy.  The  Whole  illuftrated  by  a  Variety  of  curious 
and  entertaining  Experiments. 

The  Courfe  will  conflft  of  Twelve  Le^res,  two  or  three 
to  be  exhibited  per  Week,  at  the  Philofophy-Room  in  College. 
The  Price  Twelve  Shillings,  for  the  whole  Courfe,  or  One 
Shilling  and  Three  Pence  for  a  fingle  Lefture.— To  com- 
mence on  FRIDAY,  the  25th  Inftant,  at  4  o'Clock,  P.  M. 

TICKETS  may  be  had  this  Afternoon,  by  applying  to  Mr. 
George  Benfon,  Mr.  Jofeph  Jenckes,  orto  cither  of  the  Officers 
of  College. 

Providence^  June  24,   1790. 


LOAN  DEPT. 


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